CVE-2017-20278

HIGH 8.2CVE-2017-20278 · Published 19/06/2026 · updated 19/08/2026

In short

CVE-2017-20278 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.2) vulnerability affecting joomrecipe (joomboost).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.43%, higher than 37.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joomrecipe joomboost	`= 1.0.3`	No fix yet

Description

Joomla Component JoomRecipe 1.0.3 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the category parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to the all-recipes endpoint with malicious SQL payloads in the category path segment to extract sensitive database information.

References

exploit-db.com/exploits/42185 · Exploit
vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-joomrecipe-sql-injection-via-category-parameter · Third Party Advisory

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